NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois, USA
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 27;56(12). doi: 10.1128/JCM.01313-18. Print 2018 Dec.
Blood cultures are one of the most common and most important tests performed in clinical microbiology laboratories. Variables and technology that improve and speed the recovery of blood stream pathogens have been published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology since its inception in 1975. Despite the importance of blood cultures, little research has focused on the turnaround time of blood culture reports. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Y. P. Tabak et al. (J Clin Microbiol 56:e00500-18, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00500-18) report the results of an investigation of Gram stain, organism identification, and susceptibility report turnaround times for 165,593 blood cultures from 13 laboratories. These data provide a starting point for clinical laboratories to establish targets for blood culture result reporting.
血培养是临床微生物学实验室最常见和最重要的检测之一。自 1975 年《临床微生物学杂志》创刊以来,已经发表了许多关于可提高和加快血流病原体检出速度的变量和技术的文章。尽管血培养非常重要,但很少有研究关注血培养报告的周转时间。在本期《临床微生物学杂志》上,Y.P.Tabak 等人(J Clin Microbiol 56:e00500-18, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00500-18)报告了对来自 13 个实验室的 165593 份血培养的革兰氏染色、鉴定和药敏报告周转时间的调查结果。这些数据为临床实验室设定血培养结果报告的目标提供了起点。